Sunday, October 11, 2015

A
Palestinian protester, looks on during clashes with Israeli forces near
the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip on October 9, 2015.
(AFP/Mohammed Abed/File)

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Saturday
shot and killed two Palestinian boys, aged 13 and 15, at a demonstration in the
southern Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that Marwan
Barbakh, 13, and Khalil Othman, 15, were shot dead during the protest to the
east of Khan Younis.

Medics initially reported that Barbakh was 12 years
old.

At least 15 others were injured during the protest,
the ministry said, although it did not provide further details.

The Palestinian Red Crescent later said that its
ambulance crews had treated seven Palestinians shot with live rounds across the
Gaza Strip, in addition to 21 who suffered excessive tear gas inhalation.

An Israeli army spokeswoman had no immediate
comment.

Earlier Saturday, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri
condemned the international community for "remain(ing) silent about
Israeli war crimes."

He accused Israel of committing war crimes against
the Palestinian people "through the execution of young Palestinian men and
women at the scene of action," noting in particular the shooting of
Palestinians following alleged stabbing attacks.

The two boys' deaths come after seven Palestinians
were killed when Israeli snipers opened fire on demonstrations near Gaza's
border fence on Friday, also east of Khan Younis.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health,
Israeli forces injured 145 other Palestinians by live fire or rubber-coated
steel bullets during the protests.

The two boys' deaths brings the total number of
Palestinians killed by Israel's army to 20 since fierce clashes swept the
occupied Palestinian territory on Oct. 1, with around 1,000 injured with live
and rubber-coated steel bullets in the same period.

Four Israelis have also been killed, two of whom
were settlers.

The Israeli army has come under repeated criticism
over its violence toward children.

Defense for Children-Palestine said in a report
last month that Israeli forces and Jewish extremists had killed at least 1,991
children since 2000.

Among those, 535 children were killed directly by
Israeli attacks during the 2014 offensive on Gaza, nearly 70 percent of whom
were under the age of 12.

A further 3,306 children were injured during the
war, including more than 1,000 who suffered permanent disability, the report
said.

Following the conflict, the UN said: "There is
not a single child who has not been adversely affected by the recent conflict in
Gaza, where children suffer from bed-wetting, difficulties in sleeping,
nightmares, a loss of appetite, and display more aggressive behavior at
school."

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Palestinian
men carry a man wounded during clashes with Israeli security forces,
outside a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 9,
2015. (AFP)

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Twenty-two year old
Jihad Salim al-Ubeid died Saturday morning from wounds sustained after
being shot by Israeli snipers during a demonstration Friday, Gaza's
ministry of health said.

The young man's death brings the
total killed by Israeli forces during demonstrations in Gaza on Friday
to seven. The demonstrations were held near the border fence with Israel
east of Gaza City and near Khan Younis.

A spokesman for
Gaza's ministry of health, Ashraf al-Qidra, confirmed to Ma'an that
al-Ubeid, from the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, succumbed to his wounds
after being shot and critically injured when Israeli forces opened fire
at Palestinians gathered around 100 meters from the border fence.

On
Friday, Shadi Hussam Dawla, 20, Ahmad al-Harbawi, 20, and Abed
al-Wahidi, 20, were shot and killed east of the al-Shujaiyeh
neighborhood.Muhammad al-Raqeb, 15, and Ziad Nabil Sharaf, 20, were
killed after being shot by Israeli forces near Khan Younis while Adnan
Moussa Abu Elayyan, 22, was shot in the head and killed in the same
area.

One hundred and forty-five other Palestinians were
injured by live fire or rubber-coated steel bullets during the Gaza
demonstrations, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.An
Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an at the time that 200 Palestinians
approached the security fence and hurled rocks and rolled burning tires
at Israeli forces.

Israeli forces responded with live fire towards the "main instigators," she said, confirming five direct hits.Al-Ubeid's
death comes as tensions continue to rise across Israel and the occupied
Palestinian territories following a series of stabbing attacks by both
Israelis and Palestinians, violent attacks by Israeli settlers on
Palestinians, and increased restrictions on Palestinians around the
Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City.

Fifteen Palestinians have
been killed by Israeli forces and around 1,000 injured with live and
rubber-coated steel bullets in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip
since Oct. 1.Nine of those killed have been shot dead during demonstrations and clashes.Four Israelis have been killed during the same time period, two of whom were Israeli settlers.

Friday, October 9, 2015

Israeli soldiers on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip. (AFP/File Menahem Kahana)

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Three Palestinians were killed and 19 others injured as Israeli military forces opened fire at a demonstration by the border fence east of Gaza City, medics said.

Medical sources told Ma'an that Ahmad al-Harbawi, Abed al-Wahidi, and Hussam Dawla were shot and killed during the clashes east of the al-Shujaiyeh neighborhood east of Gaza City.

At least 19 other Palestinians were injured.

An
Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an that 200 Palestinians approached
the security fence and hurled rocks and rolled burning tires at Israeli
forces.

Israeli forces responded with live fire towards the "main instigators," she said, confirming five direct hits.

The deaths in Gaza come amid renewed violence in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on Friday.

In
the Israeli city of Dimona, an Israeli teenager stabbed four
Palestinian Bedouins who worked for the local municipality, seriously
injuring two.

A
Palestinian was shot and killed in the illegal settlement of Kiryat
Arba after attempting to stab an Israeli border officer, police said,
while a Palestinian woman was also shot in Afula after allegedly
attempting to stab an Israeli security guard.

Tensions
had been mounting steadily for weeks across the occupied Palestinian
territory due to Israeli restrictions on Palestinians seeking to enter
the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem.

At
least 900 Palestinians have been injured in seven consecutive days of
demonstrations and clashes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem,
at least 60 with live fire, medics say.

About this blog

This is a blog about Gaza farmers, workers and all the civilian population living in Gaza Strip rural communities along the Green Line, suffering from daily Israeli attacks and resisting the implementation of a so called "buffer zone" by the Israeli Occupation Forces.

Note: this blog is focusing on Israeli attacks on civilians inside or around the so called "buffer zone". Attacks on resistance fighters, or attacks, usually airstrikes on civilians further inside the Gaza Strip, or along the Egypt border (apart from the eastern areas such as Al Shoka or the airport area) are usually not mentioned. For the attacks of the Israeli Navy see http://fishingunderfire.blogspot.com/